Cisco IOS Contracts in England

Cisco IOS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Cisco IOS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cisco IOS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 435 438 566
Rank change year-on-year +3 +128 +100
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 50 104 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.28% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.57% 2.08% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 70 61
10th Percentile £363 £190 £190
25th Percentile £475 £240 £268
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £433 £420
Median % change year-on-year +27.17% +2.98% -6.67%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £550
90th Percentile £620 £600 £638
UK median daily rate £550 £433 £420
% change year-on-year +27.17% +2.98% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 1
Median hourly rate - £30.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -57.14% +194.74%
UK median hourly rate - £30.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -53.85% +173.68%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Cisco IOS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,178 5,012 6,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.48% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,963 3,022 4,045
10th Percentile £220 £206 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 399 439
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.22 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%
75th Percentile £63.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cisco IOS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco IOS in England.

Daily rate trend for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco IOS in England.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +18 26 £550 +50.68% 17
South West +57 14 £550 +511.11% 5
South East +24 8 £575 +13.58% 10
North of England +9 3 £375 -13.29% 12
North West +7 3 £375 -13.29% 4
Cisco IOS
UK

Cisco IOS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (14.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.00%) CMS
3 1 (2.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (18.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (20.00%) Azure
2 8 (16.00%) AWS
3 7 (14.00%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (14.00%) OneDrive
4 2 (4.00%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (2.00%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 37 (74.00%) Firewall
2 34 (68.00%) BGP
3 31 (62.00%) OSPF
4 21 (42.00%) Network Security
5 14 (28.00%) Spanning Tree
6 13 (26.00%) EIGRP
6 13 (26.00%) LAN
7 12 (24.00%) Cisco Nexus
8 11 (22.00%) RIP
8 11 (22.00%) WAN
8 11 (22.00%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (18.00%) Wireless
10 8 (16.00%) NX-OS
10 8 (16.00%) VXLAN
11 7 (14.00%) Cisco ASA
11 7 (14.00%) Cisco Firepower
11 7 (14.00%) Cisco ISE
11 7 (14.00%) DMVPN
11 7 (14.00%) HSRP
11 7 (14.00%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 18 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (18.00%) Finance
4 4 (8.00%) Telecoms
5 3 (6.00%) Banking
5 3 (6.00%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (6.00%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (6.00%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.00%) Advertising
6 2 (4.00%) Military
7 1 (2.00%) Dutch Language
7 1 (2.00%) Electronics
7 1 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.00%) Marketing
7 1 (2.00%) Retail
7 1 (2.00%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 45 (90.00%) Network Engineer
2 9 (18.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 9 (18.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 7 (14.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (14.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (12.00%) Deployment Engineer
4 6 (12.00%) Network Deployment Engineer
4 6 (12.00%) Senior
4 6 (12.00%) Senior Network Engineer
5 5 (10.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 5 (10.00%) Network Security Engineer
5 5 (10.00%) Security Engineer
6 4 (8.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 4 (8.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) Implementation Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) Juniper Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) Network Implementation Engineer
8 1 (2.00%) Core Network Engineer
8 1 (2.00%) Lead
8 1 (2.00%) Service Desk Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (30.00%) 802.1X
2 5 (10.00%) Spine.js
3 1 (2.00%) JSON
3 1 (2.00%) XML
3 1 (2.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 4 (8.00%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (6.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.00%) iPhone
4 1 (2.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.00%) Windows
2 6 (12.00%) Linux
3 5 (10.00%) CatOS
3 5 (10.00%) Windows 10
3 5 (10.00%) Windows Server
4 4 (8.00%) Unix
5 3 (6.00%) Android
6 1 (2.00%) Mac OS X
6 1 (2.00%) Windows 7
6 1 (2.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (2.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (32.00%) Service Management
2 14 (28.00%) Network Monitoring
3 11 (22.00%) Matrix Organization
4 9 (18.00%) Network Architecture
5 8 (16.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 8 (16.00%) Load Balancing
5 8 (16.00%) Validation
6 7 (14.00%) Network Virtualisation
7 6 (12.00%) ITIL
7 6 (12.00%) Preventative Maintenance
7 6 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (12.00%) Service Delivery
8 5 (10.00%) Agile
8 5 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
8 5 (10.00%) Customer Service
8 5 (10.00%) System Testing
9 4 (8.00%) Change Management
9 4 (8.00%) ITSM
9 4 (8.00%) Migration
10 3 (6.00%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 12 (24.00%) Python
2 6 (12.00%) VB
3 4 (8.00%) PowerShell
4 3 (6.00%) Perl
5 1 (2.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (56.00%) CCNP
3 18 (36.00%) Security Cleared
4 12 (24.00%) SC Cleared
5 10 (20.00%) CCNA
5 10 (20.00%) DV Cleared
6 8 (16.00%) CCIE
7 5 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (8.00%) CCSE
8 4 (8.00%) Degree
9 1 (2.00%) CCSA
9 1 (2.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (26.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (16.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (22.00%) Ansible
2 7 (14.00%) FortiGate
3 6 (12.00%) Terraform
4 5 (10.00%) vCenter Server
5 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (6.00%) ZABBIX
6 1 (2.00%) CA Spectrum
6 1 (2.00%) Cisco LMS
6 1 (2.00%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (2.00%) Kubernetes
6 1 (2.00%) Netcool
6 1 (2.00%) OfficeScan
6 1 (2.00%) SCCM
6 1 (2.00%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 50 (100.00%) Cisco
2 13 (26.00%) VMware
3 9 (18.00%) Juniper
3 9 (18.00%) Microsoft
4 8 (16.00%) F5
5 7 (14.00%) Citrix
6 6 (12.00%) SolarWinds
7 5 (10.00%) CheckPoint
8 4 (8.00%) Fortinet
8 4 (8.00%) McAfee
8 4 (8.00%) Meraki
9 3 (6.00%) Arista
9 3 (6.00%) Nokia
9 3 (6.00%) Palo Alto
9 3 (6.00%) Splunk
10 2 (4.00%) Apple
10 2 (4.00%) Aruba
10 2 (4.00%) Mitel
11 1 (2.00%) Riverbed
11 1 (2.00%) Veeam